Window-cleaner



(No Model.)

A. L. LEWIS.

WINDOW CLEANER.

No. 483,359. Patented sepnzv, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTHONY L. LEWIS, OF EVANSTON, ILLINOIS.

WINDOW-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 483,359, datedSeptember 27, 1892.

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.T0 @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANTHONY L. LEwIs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Evans` ton, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WindowCleaners, ofwhich the following is a speciiication, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof, and in Which--Figures l and 2 are elevations of the improved cleaner viewed from thebottom and top, respectively. Figs. 3 and 4 are respectively atransverse section and an end elevation thereof. Fig. 5 is atransverse-section of a modiiication thereof.

The present invention relates to windowcleaners having a flexiblereservoir that will carry a supply of Water sufficient for washing anumber of windows and a scraper of customary construction so arrangedthat by going over the window with the working side of the reservoir itwill be thoroughly wet, and by again going over it with the scraper theWater will be removed.

The object of my present invention is to improve window-cleaners of thisclass; and to this end my invention consists in certain features ofnovelty that are particularly pointed out in the claims hereinafter.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the handle; B, the body,(preferably a block of Woodg) C, the scraper, and D the reservoir forcontainingr the Water. In the preferred form ofthe invention, Figs. l to4, the reservoir is molded of soft rubber, the ends D being integralwith the sides, and it is open at one side only for the reception of thebodyblock B, to the edges of which it is tacked or otherwise suitablysecured. Its walls are thin, so as to be iiexible, and its roundedWorking surface is provided with a number of minute perforations d andlongitudinal ribs or corrugations d. These ribs are desirable, becausethey save the reservoir from a great deal of wear that it wouldotherwise be subjected to and because they more effectually remove thedirt than a smooth surface could. The scraper C is integral with thereservoir, the two being united by a short iange or offset c, that restsagainst the top of the body-block, and may, if desired, be securedthereto. Within the reservoir there is a quantity of sponge E or otherbibulous material that will hold the water` by capillary attraction andgive it up only as fast as it is forced to by pressure.

To use the cleaner thus constructed, it is immersed in water and allowedto remain until the sponge has by capillary attraction drawn in throughthe openings d sufficient water to thoroughly saturate it. The workingsurface of the reservoir is then placed against and moved over thesurface of the glass to be cleaned, sufficient pressure being exerted tocompress the walls of the reservoir and express from the sponge andthrough the perforations enough Water to thoroughly wet the entiresurface. When the glass has been completely gone over in this Way andthe dirt thoroughly softened and loosened, the scraper C is used incustomary manner for removing the dirt and water.

The ribs d may be omitted.

The scraper C may be separate and attached to the block independently ofthe reservoir, as shown by Fig. 5.

Having thus described my invention, the following is what I claim as newtherein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

l. A window-cleaner having a handle, a body, a iiexible reservoir ofimpervious material secured thereto and having its Working surfaceperforated, and a mass of bibulous material within said reservoir,substantially as set forth.

2. A window-cleaner having the handle A, the rigid body B, theindia-rubber reservoir D,secu red thereto and having the longitudinalribs on its Working surface, and having, also, perforations between saidribs, the bibulous material E within said reservoir, and the scraper C,said scraper and reservoir being attached to said body, substantially asset forth.

ANTHONY L. LEVIS. lVitnesses:

L. M. HOPKINS J. HALPENNY.

